West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07
HAMPERS FERRY LETTER.



memorable visit and, without daring
to touch on the delicate question
if question there really is-as to
who his first victim was, it is safe
to say that Harper's Ferry collect
lively can we'll attribute nearly three
decades of suffering to that foray,
and we do not deem it necessary to
give the order in which individual
sacrifices were inundated. So far
we can confidently go without enter
ing on the merits Of the revolution
then inaGgurated or commenting in
any way on its results to the nation
at large. Four years of war follow
ed the famous raid and, while 4
great deal of money was expended
here during that period, this can not
DE well cited as an offset against the
damage done to houses, the destruct-
ion of our principal industry and
the general Generalization conse-
quent on the long period of civil
strife. Just seventeen years ago
our streets were strewn with debris
not of human contest but Of a war
of clements and forty-three Of our
citizens were overwhelmed in the
furious waters of the Shenandoah.
We have suffered almost every kind
and every degree of calamity and
worse than despair itself-the heart
sickness of hope deferred, but our
people NOE feel that the tide has
turned and the faith that's in them
will 90 a long way towards realizing
the good results which recent events
Justify them in expecting. The
works of Savory and Company are
being pushed energetically under
the supervision of Mr. Quigley and
Mr.. William II. Savory, son of the
gentleman who gives name to the
firm. Mr.. SavOry, Jr, has lately
come 10 the place and although
hardly vet out Of his teens he eX-
hibits a prudence and business tact
that promises well iGdeed for him
self and the enterprise so important
to US all. We have referred before
to Il rumor of the establishment of
bank here and we are glad to know
that the report comes 10 us aotc with
increased evidence Of its reliability,
and the certain fact of our Real Els
tate Agency is, of itself, proof of
the confidence generally reposed in
the future of Harper's Ferry. Be
sides, we have assurance that an eX-
tensive pottery and an equally large
brick -yard will be added very soon
to our Industries and, summing up
all these advantages and throwing
in the fame as a summer resort
which the place has gained of late,
we see no reason why this may not
be tue tide in the affairs ofOur beau
tiful village which fate has designed
to watt us to a prosperity beyond
our most sanguine expectations
We do not feel at liberty to state all
we think we know about the new
bank, but we are safe in saying that,
according to the information we
have received. no institution of that
or any other kind in the land has
behind it men of more solid charac-
ter than this same bank of the near
future, and we feel assured that its
stay with us will be more permanent
than that of the last Banks we had
here. He, poor fellow, had to shift
his quarters SO often that we could
not call him our own for more than
an hour at a time.
DR.. J. T. Tearney and bride have
returned from an extensive bridal
tour and are daily overwhelmed
with the congratulations of their
numerous friends. We have not yet
paid them our formal respects but
they little doubt our good will for
them, and, indeed, we have 4 pair of
old shoes ready to fling after them
at the first opportunity though we
90 barefoot next winter.
On Wednesday, the 2Sth, inst,
Mr.. Thomas Winston and Miss An
ME Gallaher both of this place were
married at the Catholic Church
here, the Rev. Father Wilson Off
ciating. This is another youthful
pair for whose happiness we pray
most sincerely, for though, for
wonder, neither Of them was 4 pupil
of ours, we have known them long
and the longer our acquaintance the
better we like them. The brides
parents were the first to welcome us
to this place and we do not hesitate
to say that we count them among
the very best people we have encoun-
tered in a long and varied expert
euce of mankind. May the young
people be rs happy as they deserve
to be and that will be enough.
The weather which we took occa-
sion to praise, last week, for It's bal
miness, cot a sudden turn Of the
sulks, and before our eulogy Of it
had time to appear in print its be-
havior was such as to make US wish
we could retract our concentrations.
Several raw and depressing days
succeeded the bland ones we
had 50 much enjoyed since the COM
mencement of September, and we
had fears that Virgins had stun
bled for once on an approximation